diff --git a/install.hostmaster.inc b/install.hostmaster.inc
index 5c8e5abad15da0309b2c4e0289bf8d33e7ba43f7..ed885ba5aeb9c62ba1aac2e9a30e5086693ac48f 100644
--- a/install.hostmaster.inc
+++ b/install.hostmaster.inc
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ The following settings will be used:
  Aegir version: !version
  Aegir platform path: !root
  Admin email: !email
- !makefile
- !profile',
+ !makefile !profile',
   array(
     '!site' => $site,
     '!fqdn' => drush_get_option('aegir_host'),
diff --git a/provision.drush.inc b/provision.drush.inc
index 27dfdba6e6f5ea245011acd37c8f676c0fddd1e3..896fb1e3d8b31360b9731393f0b8f1fbb1a0657e 100644
--- a/provision.drush.inc
+++ b/provision.drush.inc
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ function provision_drush_command() {
      'client_email' => dt('Email of the first client to create in the frontend'),
      'client_name' => dt('Name of the first client to create in the frontend (default: %user)', array('%user' => 'admin')),
      'makefile' => dt('The makefile used to create the hostmaster platform (default: %makefile)', array('%makefile' => dirname(__FILE__). '/aegir.make')),
+      'profile' => dt('The installation profile to use when creating the front-end. (default: %profile)', array('%profile' => 'hostmaster')),
      'aegir_host' => dt('Fully qualified domain name of the local server (default: %fqdn)', array('%fqdn' => provision_fqdn())),
      'script_user' => dt('User to run the backend as (default: %user)', array('%user' => provision_current_user())),
      'web_group' => dt('Group the webserver is running as (default: %group)', array('%group' => _provision_default_web_group())),